The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1991
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
11:18 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 0.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.97° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.02° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.